UFC rankings: Yair Rodriguez slides up to No. 2 after odd TKO win
UFC on ABC 3 main event didn’t quite deliver fireworks, but a victory moves ‘El Pantera’ up one slot on the featherweight list.
While both Yair Rodriguez and Brian Ortega had hoped to deliver an all-time classic, their UFC on ABC 3 headliner ended a bit prematurely when “T-City” suffered a shoulder injury. Still, the fight goes down as a TKO win for Rodriguez, and he was rewarded in this week’s official UFC featherweight rankings.
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With the result, Rodriguez (14-3 MMA, 9-2 UFC) slides up one spot to No. 2 on the list at 145 pounds, with Ortega (15-3 MMA, 7-3 UFC) slipping below “El Pantera” at No. 3.
Josh Emmett also slides down one spot to No. 4, as he had been deadlocked with Rodriguez at No. 3 in the previous week’s list.
The latest official featherweight rankings are listed below. Check out the full updated rankings at UFC.com.
UFC featherweight champion: Alexander Volkanovski
- Max Holloway
- Yair Rodriguez +1
- Brian Ortega -1
- Josh Emmett -1
- Calvin Kattar
- Arnold Allen
- Chan Sung Jung
- Giga Chikadze
- Bryce Mitchell
- Movsar Evloev
- Dan Ige
- Sodiq Yusuff
- Edson Barboza
- Shane Burgos
- Ilia Topuria
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